astringence

== English == === Etymology === From astringent + -ce. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əˈstɹɪndʒ.əns/ === Noun === astringence (countable and uncountable, plural astringences) An astringent taste. 2008, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content 1239: “Good For Him, Really” I know I’m probably the laughingstock of this establishment, but I have to ask anyway, if only to feel the cleansing astringence of rejection. Alternative form of astringency (“the quality of being astringent”). ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /as.tʁɛ̃.ʒɑ̃s/ === Noun === astringence f (plural astringences) astringency (quality of being astringent) astringence (an astringent taste) === Further reading === “astringence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012